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It was a happy end for former Gloucester number eight Luke Narraway on his final appearance for London Irish before he sets off for a new player-coach role at Coventry, but a sad way to go out for Carnegie head coach Bryan Redpath.

The former Gloucester boss is quitting rugby to begin working in the financial sector.

London Irish will replace relegated Bristol in the Premiership next season so what can we look out for in their games against Gloucester next season?

Marshall v Marshall

Gloucester's Tom Marshall and brother James Marshall of London Irish

London Irish fly-half James Marshall is the brother of Gloucester full-back Tom Marshall, meaning they are likely to come up against each other.

The elder of the two, 28-year-old James followed Tom, 26, in making the move to England when he joined Irish at the start of the 2016-17 season from Taranaki in New Zealand.

They both started their careers at Tasman Makos, where they played together before going their separate ways with James having a brief spell with in Italy with Aironi before joining Taranaki.

Tom, on the other hand, played for Crusaders and Chiefs in Super Rugby before joining Gloucester in 2015.

James, who can also play at full-back, has played for New Zealand’s Sevens side.

Different coaching setup

Nick Kennedy, director of rugby of London Irish

Tom Coventry left his role as head coach after Irish were relegated from the Premiership a year ago and a new coaching setup came in.

Former Ireland lock Nick Kennedy was promoted from academy director to director of rugby and he was assisted by Declan Danaher, George Skivington and Paul Hodgson.

Irish also appointed former Saracens director of rugby Brendan Venter as technical director.

Under the new regime, they finished 16 points clear at the top of the Championship table as they won 19 out of 20 games.

Irish are likely to be relegation favourites, but will be expected to be a stronger outfit than the team that won just four games in the 2015-16 Premiership season, one of which was against Gloucester at the Madejski.

International quality

Ben Franks

London Irish managed to hold onto many of their international stars following relegation, including two-time World Cup winner Ben Franks.

The prop has been capped 47 times by New Zealand with his last appearance coming in the 2015 World Cup final against Australia at Twickenham.

Fijian Aseli Tikoirotuma, Scotland’s Blair Cowan and ex-England winger Topsy Ojo are among the international cast in the squad.

There is also the raw, exciting young talent of Joe Cokanasiga, the 19-year-old wing who was a shock inclusion in Eddie Jones’ squad for England’s tour of Argentina this summer.